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2013

McGuinness K, Leckning B (2013)

Bicultural practice in the Northern Territory children and families sector: practitioners’ reflections of working two-ways.

Darwin: Centre for Child Development and Education and Strong Aboriginal Families, Together, Menzies School of Health Research

This publication reports on a qualitative research project which aimed to describe how cultural models of service delivery are understood, and to identify key elements to inform the development of a two-way, bicultural practice framework for the children and families sector in the Northern Territory (NT).

While the research focused on practice in non-government organisations (NGOs) delivering services to children and families at risk of substance misuse, family violence, and mental health issues, the researchers anticipate that the findings in this report could lead to a sharper policy and practice focus on cultural safety in the broader Australian Indigenous context.

The study design included:

  • a selective literature review
  • interviews and focus groups with 74 participants (48% Aboriginal) from nine organisations delivering services in remote, regional and urban settings across both the Top End and Central Australia
  • thematic analysis.

The report presents eight themes derived from the thematic analysis:

  • two-way practice
  • governance
  • operational management
  • recruitment and training
  • cultural safety
  • reflective practice
  • quality assurance
  • adapting systems.

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Roche AM, Duraisingam V, Trifonoff A, Tovell A (2013)

The health and well-being of Indigenous drug and alcohol workers: results from a national Australian survey.

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment; 44(1): 17–26

2012

Developing an inhalant misuse community strategy: second edition (2012)

MacLean S

This publication aims to assist local communities to address inhalant misuse. The second edition contains updated advice for use by communities and community workers across Australia. The publication:

  • shows how a community strategy might be developed
  • provides case studies illustrating action taken in five localities in the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia
  • concludes with a list of useful resources and references.

This booklet is designed to support staff and people for whom English is a first language. For Indigenous community members who do not speak English as a first language, the Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council has produced other resources that may be more useful.

Abstract adapted from National Inhalants Information Service

Western Australian Network of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies (2012)

Standard on culturally secure practice (alcohol and other drug sector).

Perth: Western Australian Network of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies

The Standard on culturally secure practice (alcohol and other drug sector) has been developed for alcohol and other drug (AOD) agencies to gain a formal certification of a culturally secure practice.

The Standard contains seven performance expectations and criteria. Agencies are awarded a 'good practice' certification if they meet 80% of the essential criteria for each performance expectation.

The Standard is supported by a separate document, the Interpretive guide to the standard on culturally secure practice. The Interpretive guide helps agencies to achieve certification by providing examples of how to interpret and apply the standards.

The Western Australian Network of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies (WANADA) developed the document in consultation with the WA AOD sector, and with Indigenous AOD services Australia-wide. The Drug and Alcohol Office of WA and the Australian Government's Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health funded its development.

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2011

National Indigenous Drug and Alcohol Committee (2011)

NIDAC implementation plan.

Canberra: National Indigenous Drug and Alcohol Committee

Network of Alcohol and Drug Agencies (2011)

Governance toolkit: a resource to help improve governance knowledge and practice.

Sydney: Network of Alcohol and Drug Agencies

Circuit training: a guide for alcohol & other drug agencies & consumers (2011)

Western Australian Network of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies

This guide is designed to assist workforce development and is intended to provide information and examples for working with alcohol and other drug consumers around exercise, health and wellbeing. It provides information including:

  • the benefits of exercise
  • how to design a circuit training routine
  • circuit training guidelines
  • example of circuit training set-up and training session.

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Healthy eating for wellbeing: a nutrition guide for alcohol & other drug agency workers (2011)

Western Australian Network of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies

This guide aims to give alcohol and other drug workers basic information about: the overlap between nutrition and alcohol and other drug use; and rehabilitation, to inform their work with consumers. The booklet provides information on:

  • nutrients affected by alcohol and other drug use
  • side effects of undergoing alcohol and other drug rehabilitation
  • side effects of psychotropic medication
  • tips to assist with side effects
  • healthy weight gain and weight loss
  • guide for serve sizes each day
  • what to look for on labels
  • useful websites.

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Western Australian Network of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies (2011)

Review of the impact of the AOD improved services initiative in Western Australia.

Perth: Western Australian Network of Alcohol and Other Drug Agencies

Western Australian Network of Alcohol and Other Drug Agencies (2011)

Standard for culturally secure practice (alcohol and other drug sector): (final draft for consultation).

Perth, WA: Western Australian Network of Alcohol and Other Drug Agencies

These draft guidelines were produced by the Western Australian Network of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies as a final draft for consultation in March 2011. The Standard for culturally secure practice (alcohol and other drugs sector): (final draft for consultation) outlines performance expectations for agencies working within the alcohol and other drugs sector and their communities.

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Western Australian Network of Alcohol and Other Drug Agencies (2011)

The culturally secure Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander recruitment & retention guide.

Perth, WA: Western Australian Network of Alcohol and Other Drug Agencies

The Western Australian Network of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies has developed a Culturally secure Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander recruitment and retention guide to support CEOs and senior managers of services in the alcohol and other drugs sector. The guide is designed to provide CEOs and line managers with a deeper understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workers and their culture. This guide provides useful tips and examples of positive approaches to recruiting and retaining Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workers.

Abstract adapted from the Western Australian Network of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies

Western Australian Network of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies (2011)

Western Australian Network of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies annual review 2010/2011.

Perth, WA: Western Australian Network of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies

2010

Allan J (2010)

Engaging primary health care workers in drug and alcohol and mental health interventions.

Australian Journal of Primary Health; 16(4): 311-318

An Indigenous workforce development checklist for the AOD field (2010)

Bates N, Weetra D, Roche AM

This document is part of a suite of resources that aim to enhance Indigenous worker wellbeing and reduce work related stress. It was designed for Indigenous alcohol and other drug (AOD) workers and explores a number of issues relevant to them. This document contains:

  • two checklists
    • one for Indigenous AOD workers employed in an Indigenous organisations
    • one for Indigenous AOD workers employed in non-Indigenous organisations
  • a guide that outlines how to use the checklists.

The checklists contain questions which may assist in the development of staff cultural competency and are a useful workforce development training tool.

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Duraisingam V, Roche AM, Trifonoff A, Tovell A (2010)

Indigenous AOD workers’ wellbeing, stress and burnout: findings from an online survey.

Adelaide: National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA), Flinders University

The National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction was commissioned by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing to investigate issues among Indigenous alcohol and other drug (AOD) workers. This report is part of a series of three reports stemming from the resulting project, and is accessible individually and as part of a resource package for Indigenous AOD workers: the Indigenous worker wellbeing resource (2012).

As part of this project, a national online survey was conducted in 2008 among Indigenous and non-Indigenous workers from various AOD organisations providing services to the Indigenous population across Australia. This report outlines the key findings following analyses of the 294 valid responses (62% Indigenous, 37% non-Indigenous, 1% unknown). Information on the survey background, results, and discussion is also presented in this report.

Abstract adapted from National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction

Gray D, Stearne A, Wilson M, Doyle M (2010)

Indigenous-specific alcohol and other drug interventions: continuities, changes and areas of greatest need.

Canberra: Australian National Council on Drugs

National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA) (2010)

Indigenous alcohol and drug workforce challenges: a literature review of issues related to Indigenous AOD workers’ wellbeing, stress and burnout.

Adelaide: National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA)

The National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction was commissioned by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing to investigate issues among Indigenous alcohol and other drug (AOD) workers. This review forms the initial component of the resulting project, and is accessible both individually and as part of a resource package for Indigenous AOD workers: the Indigenous worker wellbeing resource (2012).

The literature review presents major findings of key factors impacting on the wellbeing of Indigenous workers in the AOD field. The review examined over 400 reports, journal articles, and other documents relevant to stress, burnout, and wellbeing of workers responding to Indigenous AOD issues.

Abstract adapted from National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction

Roche A, Tovell A, Weetra D, Freeman T, Bates N, Trifonoff A, Steenson T (2010)

Stories of resilience: Indigenous alcohol and other drug workers’ wellbeing, stress, and burnout.

Adelaide: Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA), Flinders University

The National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction was commissioned by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing to investigate issues among Indigenous alcohol and other drug (AOD) workers. This report is part of a series of three reports stemming from the resulting project, and is accessible individually and as part of a resource package for Indigenous AOD workers: the Indigenous worker wellbeing resource (2012).

The report is a collation of material on the views of Indigenous AOD workers in regard to worker wellbeing. The report's target audience includes:

  • frontline workers
  • managers
  • funders and policy makers.

Abstract adapted from National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction

Roche AM, Pidd K (2010)

Alcohol and other drugs workforce development issues and imperatives: setting the scene.

Adelaide: National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction

2009

Andy B (2009)

Indigenous dual diagnosis project.

DrugInfo Newsletter; 7(3): 7

Conigrave K, Morley M, Miller W, Lee K, Hearn S, Wise M (2009)

The professional development of Indigenous Health Workers; building capacity to address substance misuse in Aboriginal and Torres Strait peoples through university education.

Paper presented at the Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs Conference 2009. 1-4 November 2009, Darwin

Indigenous dual diagnosis project (2009)

DrugInfo Clearinghouse

The DrugInfo Clearinghouse has developed this factsheet which outlines some of the key themes and findings from the consultation report developed during the first stage of the Indigenous dual diagnosis project.

This project has three aims: to increase coordination and collaboration between alcohol and other drug and mental health services; to develop and facilitate dual diagnosis training and resources that are culturally appropriate and relevant; and to build capacity in the Aboriginal workforce.

The findings described in the factsheet provide valuable insights for people working with Aboriginal clients with a dual diagnosis and their families and communities.

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Gray D, Green M, Saggers S, Wilkes E (2009)

Review of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled alcohol and other drugs sector in Queensland.

Brisbane: Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council

At the request of the Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council (QAIHC) and Queensland Indigenous Substance Misuse Council (QISMC), the National Drug Research Institute was commissioned to conduct a review of the alcohol and other drugs sector in Queensland. This report makes 23 recommendations in relation to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Alcohol and other Drug Sector in Queensland. Recommendations are made in relation to: the organisational structure of QISMC; member support; Indigenous capacity; service provision and standards of care; staffing; training; and reporting.

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National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA) (2009)

Indigenous alcohol and other drug (AOD) workers' wellbeing, stress & burnout: brief report no.1.

Adelaide: National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA)

Shaw L, Turner P (2009)

Providing accredited brief interventions training using Indigenous specific resources.

Paper presented at the Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs Conference 2009. 1-4 November 2009, Darwin

2008

Roche A, Weetra D, Tovell A, Freeman T, Trifonoff A (2008)

Indigenous AOD workers wellbeing: an examination of individual, organisational & systems factors.

Paper presented at the Flinders Aboriginal Health Research Unit Seminar. 25 August 2008, Adelaide

Roche AM, Duraisingam V, Wang P, Tovell A (2008)

Alcohol & other drugs, mental health & comorbidity: a training review.

Adelaide: National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA), Flinders University

2007

Australian Department of Health and Ageing (2007)

Mid term evaluation of the Indigenous National Alcohol and Other Drug Workforce Development Program.

Canberra: Senate Select Committee on Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities

Community Services and Health Industry Skills Council (2007)

Improving the capacity of workers in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to recognise and respond to mental illness and related alcohol and other drug issues: background report.

Sydney: Community Services and Health Industry Skills Council

The Community Services and Health Industry Skills Council (CS&HISC) have developed training resources and support materials to improve the capacity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers to recognise and respond to mental illness and alcohol and other drug issues. This report describes the background to the project and its progress to date.

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Drug and Alcohol Office (WA) (2007)

Drug and Alcohol Office annual report 2007.

Perth: Drug and Alcohol Office (WA)

Duraisingam V, Roche AM, Pidd K, Zoontjens A, Pollard Y (2007)

Wellbeing, stress and burnout: a national survey of managers in alcohol and other drug treatment services.

Adelaide: National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA)

Northern Territory Department of Health (2007)

Public health bush book volume 1: strategies & resources.

Darwin: Northern Territory Department of Health

Stathis S, Letters P, Dacre E, Doolan I, Heath K, Litchfield B (2007)

The role of an Indigenous Health Worker in contributing to equity of access to a mental health and substance abuse service for Indigenous young people in a youth detention centre.

Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health; 6(1)

Retrieved 19 March 2007 from http://www.auseinet.com/journal/vol6iss1/stathis.pdf

 
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